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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8e4cac4431fb48b367f2deca061dd190368e0ddb448abd132a6a27c96c2a3eb4
SHA3-384 hash: 7032547556846d05268b6314805cf16f93aa5b60e750943efcb28595aa2ef3bd97b872a249ab2fba7fa972ba7cad85e8
SHA1 hash: a03d49ab8ef015a161d618c20c4ff4c6326954d2
MD5 hash: c8a753000c275780d60b4095115ae1a6
humanhash: bulldog-tennessee-autumn-illinois
File name:x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:37'476 bytes
First seen:2026-02-06 06:01:32 UTC
Last seen:2026-02-06 06:26:23 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:ex8ifmCuPOAOctERNaN3QWHsUAH/8m10nCgeBJSYTB:umCuPOAOctERNaN3Z2HEs0nCgevSYF
TLSH T188F229C0A983ECF4EC2606751237F3769776F0362129EAA3D7A9D933F841611E60729D
telfhash t1e3118ee5ae9645fcf3d0688ddb1f75a31735da530ab019b940f06d9427f1096e06283a
TrID 50.1% (.) ELF Executable and Linkable format (Linux) (4022/12)
49.8% (.O) ELF Executable and Linkable format (generic) (4000/1)
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
48
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
160.30.159.104
Number of open files:
43
Number of processes launched:
3
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1864505 Sample: x86.elf Startdate: 06/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 18 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->18 20 91.189.91.42, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United Kingdom 2->20 22 3 other IPs or domains 2->22 24 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->24 26 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->26 8 x86.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 process5 14 x86.elf 8->14         started        process6 16 x86.elf 14->16         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-06 06:02:34 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 36 (47.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Enumerates running processes
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
160.30.159.104
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 8e4cac4431fb48b367f2deca061dd190368e0ddb448abd132a6a27c96c2a3eb4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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